Improvement in coffee-pot strainers



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'GEORGE A. BARRON, 0F PEMBROKE, MAINE.

Letters Patent No. 110,420, dated December 27, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN COFFEE-POT STRAINERS.

The Schedule referred to ln these Letters Patent and making part of the pame.

To all vwhom it may concern I l Be it known that I, GEORGE A. BARRON, of Peinbroke, in the county of Washington and State of Maine, have invented anew and useful Improvement. in Adjustable Coiee and Teapot-Strainer; and -I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexactl description th'ereof, which will enable otliers skilled in the art t`o make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,r forming part of this specification. Y

This invention relates-to a new and useful improvement in strainers for oiee and teapots, and consistsl in a cylinder open at each end, and composed in whole or in part of' perforated metall or wire-gauze, and constructed so as to he varied in diameter to tit tea and co'ee-pots of dierent sizes, as will be hereinafter more fully described. v

In the' accompanying drawing- Figure 1 represents a side view of the strainer.

l' Figure 2 is a cross-section of iig. l on theA line x x.' Figure 3'is a. cross-section on the line y y. Similar letters of reference indicate correspondingv parts.

This-"strainer is made of sheet metal of suitable- 1ength,.and of a diameter to .suit ordinary oo dee and teapots, but with the edges of thel metal lapping by each other so that the strainer may be expanded or contracted in diameter, and thereby adjusted to pots of different sizes.

This strainer, as seen in the drawing, is made partly of perforated and partly of whole sheet nieta-l. The strainer may be made entirely of perforated metal, it'

preferred.

A, B, and C arelstraps attached to one edge of the strainer, which confine, the other edge so that it will slide as in groovesand remain in any desired position when the strainer h is been properly adjusted.

The strainer rests upun the bottoin of .the pot and extends up 'to or nearly to the lid.I The tea or coffee is placed in the strainer with thje'necessary quantity of water, and when poured ont the liquid, in reaching the spout of the pot, is strained of lall tea-leaves and coffee-grounds.

The strainer is readily removed for cleaning or other purposes, and is a simple, inexpensive, but very useful 'article for the" household.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patenlt A codec and teapot-strainer, made adjustable, or so as to he increased or diminished in diameter, ,and substantially in the manner shown and described.

' GEORGE A. BARRON.

XVitnesses: I B. F. MINOR,

E. L. PATTANGALL. 

